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Fifteen Blacks are stabbed to death and four wounded in factional fight in South African eastern province of Natal.
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It is announced that Transkei and South Africa have signed an extradition agreement. Transkei authorities refuse to say whether
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At its Biennial Congress in Bloemfontein the United Party adopts a new six-point declaration of principles, and ratifies a new
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Establishment by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Programme for the Education and Training Abroad of South Africans.
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Prof. Carel W.H. Boshoff, former chairman of the South African Bureau of Race Relations and the Afrikanerbroederbond, is born i
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A two-hour meeting is held between a delegation of deputy ministers, led by President Mbeki, and a thirty-five member Afrikaans
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UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali calls for an international military force to aid and protect a million refugees caug
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US and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links for the first time since the 1967 Six-Day War.
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Vuyisile Mini, Zinakile Mkaba and Wilson Khayinga, three prominent trade union leaders from the Eastern Cape, are executed in P
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The Herenigde Nasionale Party (Reunited National Party), joining the followers of Dr. D.F. Malan and General J.B.M. Hertzog, is
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Johannes Albertus Munnik (Albert) Hertzog, leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party and eldest son of former SA prime minister G
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Numbers of Cuban soldiers and shipments of Russian military equipment arrive in Luanda, Angola, while SA was clandestinely supp
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Christopher Columbus first learns about growing and harvesting maize, now SA’s staple food, from the native population of Cuba.
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Notes for a Speech by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Southern African Trade and Investment Summit, 24 October 1996
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Notes for a Speech by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Southern African Trade and Investment Summit, 24 October 1996
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The Blue Bulls of Northern Transvaal beat the Western Province 24-20 on Loftus and win the Currie Cup.
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Draft laws are gazetted providing some benefits for Black people. These include greatly increased mobility and security of tenu
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The Government of India announces that it was lifting, with immediate effect, all consular and visa restrictions, cultural, spo
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The General Assembly of the United Nations adopts resolution 1248 (XIII) on apartheid. The operative paragraphs are general and
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The report of SA’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is published. It accuses leading figures from across the political spect
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South African authorities order the arrest of former Defence Minister Magnus Malan and other high-ranking officers for slayings
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South African authorities order the arrest of former Defence Minister Magnus Malan and other high-ranking officers for slayings
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At the end of a Patriotic/United Front Conference held in Durban and attended by some ninety organisations, participants adopt
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UN peacekeeping forces arrive in Cairo to attempt to set up a lasting cease-fire between Israeli and Arab forces.
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The late Emily Hobhouse is honoured in Bloemfontein during a memorial service and her ashes, received from London, are placed a
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London-based Amnesty International reports that armed combatants have brutally raped tens of thousands of women, girls and babi
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International Donors’ Conference on Human Resources Development at Cape Town (26-28 October), organised by the UN and Commonwea
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Foreign ministers of nineteen Arab countries meet in Rabat, Morocco, and vote strong support for the Palestine Liberation Organ
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Andrew Frank Pendla, civic and political leader highly regarded especially in New Brighton, dies in Johannesburg. His birth dat
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